Upcoming courses in IRC's online training courses for building sustainable systems and services

IRC is offering several online courses to give water, sanitation and hygiene professionals and practitioners from international agencies, donors and NGOs an understanding of the key elements of delivering sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene services.

Currently IRC is offering four online courses for participants to sign-up to: The Costing Sustainable Services course is a three module course which has been developed to assist governments, (I)NGOs, donors and individuals to plan and budget for sustainable and equitable water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services, using a life-cycle cost approach.

The Sustainability Monitoring Framework course has been developed by IRC together with the Wash Alliance International (WAI) to assist WAI partners and professionals in general to assess the enabling environment on likelihood of sustainable WASH Service delivery. This should lead to design and adaptation of design of interventions and activities leading to full sustainable WASH services and behaviour. Currently the course is still under development and can be joined by invitation only, but the future ambition is to open up the course for everyone who wants to join.

We are currently developing an online training platform on WASH systems strengthening which will go live towards the end of 2019.

Registration

Participants can register for the Costing Sustainable Services course modules. On the indicated dates 150 participants can start the course by registering online. Starting dates for 2018 are:

After registering online, participants receive login details and a password to access course materials from the preferred starting date of the course. From the starting date participants follow the course at their own pace by logging in and following the module(s) of their choice. The course material guides participants through the modules and exercises completing them at your own pace.

Participants for the Sustainability Monitoring Framework course can register by invitation only.

Contact

For more information, requests for tailor made training support and curriculum development, please contact training@ircwash.org

Available courses

This is part one of the "Sustainability Monitoring Framework" course and will take you through the Sustainability Monitoring Framework including an introduction to the Sustainability Index developed by IRC for the WASH Alliance International.

The course will help participants to look into the following questions:

How can I plan for sustainability of my project interventions?

What is the background of the tool for measuring the likelihood of sustainability - the Sustainability Index?

This is part two of the "Sustainability Monitoring" course and will learn you how to use the Sustainability Index, a tool to assess the likelihood of sustainability of WASH services. We advise you to first follow part one of the course, which covers the concept of the Sustainability Monitoring Framework.

This course will help participants with:

Understanding how the Sustainability Index is measuring sustainability

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